1987-88 O-Pee-Chee - Rick Vaive
While wallowing in the misery that is being a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs on nights like this, a blown-lead, 5-4 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, I decided to wallow in some nostalgic misery instead. The nostalgic misery involves the same two Original Six teams, and took place on September 3, 1987.
1987-88 O-Pee-Chee - Al Secord
1987-88 O-Pee-Chee - Ed Olczyk
On that date, Toronto traded Rick Vaive (their only 50-goal scorer to that point), Steve Thomas and Bob McGill to Chicago for Al Secord and Ed Olczyk. Sure, Olczyk had a couple of decent years for the Leafs, but Secord was done by then and trading Thomas always stung.
It’s a rough time in Leafs Nation these days. We’re turning to Ballard-era Leaf trades for our nostalgia.
Tags: 1987-88 O-Pee-Chee, Al Secord, Chicago Blackhawks, Ed Olczyk, Newsworthy, Rick Vaive, Steve Thomas, Toronto Maple Leafs
